Ghoncheh Ghavami, who was
arrested outside the Freedom Stadium, was given no reason for her conviction.
The British-Iranian woman
has been sentenced to one year in prison after she tried to attend a volleyball
match in Tehran.
The law graduate, from
Shepherd's Bush in west London, had been accused of "propaganda against
the state".
Iranian officials maintain
she was detained for security reasons. The 25-year-old, an alumna of the School
of African and Oriental Studies, went on hunger strike after she was moved to
the "brutal" Evin Prison in June.
A campaign calling for her
immediate release has attracted more than 700,000 supporters to date.
Amnesty International has
labelled Ms Ghavami's continued incarceration as "appalling", and
described her as a prisoner of conscience.
Its director, Kate Allen,
said: "It's an outrage that a young woman is being locked up simply for
peacefully having her say about how women are discriminated against in Iran.
"The authorities
should investigate allegations that Ghoncheh was subjected to death threats by
her interrogators and provide compensation for her arbitrary detention and her
prolonged solitary confinement."
A family spokesman added:
"A fair and just legal process, according to Iran's legal framework, is
the basic right of every Iranian citizen. Why are these rights not upheld in
Ghoncheh's case?"
Prior to the volleyball
match between Iran and Italy, women were barred from attending the event
altogether.
Gen Esmail Ahmadi
Moghaddam, chief of the national police, had said it was "not yet in the
public interest" for men and women to share the stands.
Women are already banned
from Iranian football matches, but authorities insist this rule is designed to
protect them against inappropriate behaviour from men.
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